In a large consignment of mangoes, 15% of mangoes are classified as small, 70% as medium and 15% as large.
Yue-chen picks n mangoes at random. The probability that none of these n mangoes is small is at least 0.1. Find the largest possible value of n.
Solution
The probability that a mango is not small is 0.85 (since 15% are small).
The probability that none of the n mangoes is small is given by
(0.85)^n.
We need to find the largest n such that
(0.85)^n \geq 0.1.
Taking logarithms on both sides, we have:
\(n \leq \frac{\log(0.1)}{\log(0.85)} \approx 14.2\)
\(Since n must be an integer, the largest possible value is
n = 14.\)
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